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heavycopperheavycopper Posts: 99 ✭
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Check out this nice Franklin half graded MS65 FBL by PCGS
1950-D

I've seen blast white ones and ones with ugly mint set toning, but this is the nicest toned one I've seen. I love the reverse. Look at the green and gold rim. Too bad the price is a bit high for me image

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  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    Nice coin, very lustrous and subtle toning.
  • robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭
    Nice toning, especially on a Franklin, because those things are RARELY seen with nice toning. They usually tone ugly, and the ones that are nice are locked up in private collections.
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    That's a nice coin - the coloring is beautiful and actually the price isn't bad for that particular grade, I've seen them go as high as $600. The 50D is a tough date in Mint state because no mint sets were made that year. In addition the Denver coins for that particular date were particularly baggy. If you notice in the picture of the bell, there seem to be an awful lot of minute dings. This would make me think that it's on the low end of the 65 spectrum if in fact those are dings. However, the bell lines are very strong and the toning probably pushed the coin up in this case. Good catch for whoever got it.

    Frank
  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    Frank, this one looks like your icon obverse
    reverse
  • JYSWJYSW Posts: 24
    very few Franklin's look like the one u posted.

    Truly a PQ + coin!

    JYSW
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    KEWL Mike - amazing how some can come out with breathtaking colors like that and some other toned ones can look like dawgs! Great piece!

    Frank
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    JYSW:

    Now of course you know that's a challenge that has to be met! Especially since my 50D is one of my favorite pieces in my collection image

    That beauty is below.

    Frank
  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    Wow what beautiful luster!
  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    heavycopper, see what you startedimage Ok one more. 1957
  • DCAMFranklinDCAMFranklin Posts: 2,862 ✭✭
    A very attractive coin! I wish you had created this thread earlier. I would definitely liked to have owned that baby. I'm not sure I would agree the coin is on the low end of the 65 scale. Minor marks on the reverse are inconsequential.
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    True DCAM - depends on whether they're actually visible or maybe brought out by the magnification. Was just trying to point out that hits are a big problem for this date.

    Frank
  • RonyahskiRonyahski Posts: 3,117 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I really enjoy it when you guys post these pictures of really nice Franklins. That 50-D is real pretty for the date. Frank's 50-D looks really clean and lustrous for such a tough date that usually doesn't come that way. Mike, the 57 is a knockout. Your 63 though, are you sure about that toning? Have to ask.
    Some refer to overgraded slabs as Coffins. I like to think of them as Happy Coins.
  • ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928 ✭
    Mike--
    Is that the 57 from L&C? It's a beautiful coin.
    Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    Clankeye, yes it is. I just got my Nikon back, was going to send it to you. Ronyashki, I purchased that coin at a local monthly show, the dealer is a long time dealer and we sat and talked about that coin for a long time, with him explaining to me why it was not AT. Am I positive it isn't, no. Colors match on both sides and there isn't the telltale AT signs around the letters and date. I plan on sending it out to NGC for their opinion. If it comes back AT, doesn't matter, people love to look at it and for what I paid for it wasn't a risk.
  • heavycopperheavycopper Posts: 99 ✭
    Wow, I didn't know so many liked Franklin halves. Most of mine are white, but a few have toning. I sold off the ones I thought were ugly. There are so many in MS66 holders that have horrible toning. There is no way many should be in MS65 or 66 holders based on very negative eye appeal. I saw this one on ebay and really liked it. I just received a 1952 MS65 FBL I bought off heritage last week. My former one had hazy tan toning and just had a boring look to it. The new one has orange toning around the obverse rim and some thin toning on the reverse rim. Not as nice as the one I saw on ebay but it is nice.

    new 1952 FBL

    The real coin is much brighter than the picture. The toning is an orange-red.
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    Curt:

    Nice coin - good strike for that date - I bet the coin looks much better in person - sometimes I think Heritage's pictures don't do justice to some of their coins - yours looks like a very nice piece!

    Frank
  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    Ok so I said last one awhile back, here is one I am convinced is AT1963
  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    I dunno, I like the Heritage coin a lot.
  • DCAMFranklinDCAMFranklin Posts: 2,862 ✭✭
    Frank-
    You certainly have a lot to be proud of in that 1950-D of yours! Nearly pristine fields. Very sharp coin. Is it FBL?
  • ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928 ✭
    heavycopper--
    Every coin I have seen in person that I've also seen in a Heritage scan is actually lighter. I just got a 57 Washington from them I thought was going to be much darker and more heavily toned than it was. Quite a lot of luster under lighter toning that just didn't look that way in their scan. I'm not complaining, it's a nicer coin than I thought. I just keep it in mind now, when I'm looking at toned coins on the Heritage site, there is a good chance those coins are a little brighter than they appear.
    Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
  • heavycopperheavycopper Posts: 99 ✭
    Wow, I've never had this many replies to something I posted. Sorry Mike, that 1963 does not look natural. The US mint stopped using the carboard holder in 1959 for the mint sets so most 1959-1963 in MS65+ are white coins. White coins in MS65+ are hard to find from 1948 to 1958. The toughest are nicely toned ones from any year.
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    Yeah DCAM - thanks - it's a beaut - FBL and all - one of my favorites in the collection. It has a really nice combination of brilliance beneath very nice golden toning - pretty piece - due to some roll marks on the high points it stays in 65FBL, but for the date you can't find a much cleaner coin in this grade.

    Frank
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    WOW mike - talk about a festival of colors! LOL!
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    Heavy Copper - not all 60-63 gems are white - take a look at the one below - beautiful blend of gray/reds/magenta - very subtle, but definitely there.

    Frank
  • ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928 ✭
    This is a fine little Franklin show you guys are putting on. I'm enjoying it! Thanks guys!
    Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    Well Heck Carl - we're just waiting for you to show us your mint set! image
  • ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928 ✭
    Frank--
    The absolute next step I have to take into the "new" world is to buy a good digital camera and learn how to use it.
    I would love to contribute a couple pictures to this parade, but, darn... I just don't have the tools at the moment.
    Carl
    Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
  • heavycopperheavycopper Posts: 99 ✭
    That is an unusual 1962 toned half Frank. I wish I had my 1962 to show you, but it is way up in Ohio. The thing is a super blast white coin and it is prooflike. NGC gave it a MS65. I've never seen any Franklins with true prooflike luster. It is flashy and has the water luster of a proof. I wonder if it was sturck off a retired proof die. Did they do that back then?
  • RonyahskiRonyahski Posts: 3,117 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think Frank's icon might be AT, but it won't stop long enough so I can get a look at it.
    Some refer to overgraded slabs as Coffins. I like to think of them as Happy Coins.
  • HuliganRSHuliganRS Posts: 345 ✭
    Carefull guys!

    Frank get's scanner happy with his Franklins....

    Ok, Ok.... I too wanna see more!

    Frank's Frank's ROCK!

    Rusty.
    ">My PCGS Franklin Registry Set
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    Carl - not to worry - your interest in this series more than makes up for all the posted pictures on here.

    HC - My understanding is that there are a number of prooflikes in the series - starting with some 49S which are thought to be branch mint proofs to celebrate the inauguration of minting thise halves at the San Francisco Mint (Oldcameoproofsguy has one) there are other dates that came out with prooflike surfaces and yes - some of those are attributed to reused proof dies, some to highly polished ones. The closest thing I have to something like this is a 54D that's very very brilliant, but nothing like some of the ones that are out there.

    Frank
  • LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭
    AWESOME pic's fellas, Lucy just loves it!!!! My 50d is still pending grading at PCGs, I think I will get an ms64fbl, with this submission I also included a pristine 50p which I think has a great shot at 65, this gem has clean fields with very few niks and solid bell lines.... I will post results when the gradings occur..
    imageBe Bop A Lula!!
    "Senorita HepKitty"
    "I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    You go Lucille! image

    Since you're in the mood for pretty pictures - take a look below - these aren't mine - I wish they were but man are they gorgeous!

    Enjoy!

    Frank
  • LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭
    That 53d is a beauty, the 58 is currently up for auction and it also is nice, I have thought about bidding on it but I am worried about that fc57S Hepcat sniping it away from Lucy...Where does this 53d picture originate from?
    imageBe Bop A Lula!!
    "Senorita HepKitty"
    "I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    Lucy - not to worry about it - I just bid twice it's going value for a straight MS66fbl and it didn't even flinch. I bet it goes for well over $1000 if not 2!

    Frank
  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    Those are some great Franklins.Even the AT? one(s).
    The `63 could grade MS67 RBG..red/blue/green.image
    It was rode hard and put away wet.image
  • RLinnRLinn Posts: 596 ✭


    << <i>sometimes I think Heritage's pictures don't do justice to some of their coins >>

    I agree. Most of the coins I've gotten from Heritage have more luster in hand than in scan.
    Buy the coin...but be sure to pay for it.
  • RLinnRLinn Posts: 596 ✭


    << <i>I think Frank's icon might be AT, but it won't stop long enough so I can get a look at it. >>

    I don't know about Frank's but FC57Coins' icon is definitely AT image
    Buy the coin...but be sure to pay for it.
  • HuliganRSHuliganRS Posts: 345 ✭
    Lucy watch out...

    Even though I'm #79 and you're #62 I'm commminn.... image

    Then again Frank has nothing to fear from me! image He's #10 Way too low for me... I'd like to be in the top 30... I hope....

    Rusty.
    ">My PCGS Franklin Registry Set

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